Identification of circumferential pulmonary vein isolation responders among patients with persistent atrial fibrillation: clinical value of the sequential low-dose ibutilide test.

Europace : European Pacing, Arrhythmias, and Cardiac Electrophysiology : Journal of the Working Groups on Cardiac Pacing, Arrhythmias, and Cardiac Cellular Electrophysiology of the European Society of Cardiology
Shu-Nan HeXing-Peng Liu

Abstract

Circumferential pulmonary vein isolation can be effective as sole treatment for persistent atrial fibrillation. However, identifying those patients who will respond to this therapy remains a challenge. We investigated the clinical value of the sequential low-dose ibutilide test for identifying patients with persistent atrial fibrillation in whom pulmonary vein isolation is effective as sole therapy. In a prospective cohort of 180 consecutive patients with persistent atrial fibrillation, intravenous low-dose (0.004 mg/kg) ibutilide was administered 3 days before ablation and after the completion of circumferential pulmonary vein isolation. In patients in whom ibutilide did not terminate atrial fibrillation pre-procedurally, but successfully terminated it intraprocedurally, no further atrial substrate modification was performed. Pre-procedural low-dose ibutilide failed to terminate the arrhythmia in all patients with persistent atrial fibrillation, while pulmonary vein isolation ± low-dose ibutilide terminated persistent atrial fibrillation in 55 (30.6%) of them (PsAF group 1). The remaining 125 (69.4%) patients underwent electrogram-based ablation (PsAF Group 2). The control group comprised 379 consecutive patients with paroxysm...Continue Reading

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